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An Unquiet Mind
A Memoir of Moods and Madness
by Kay R. Jamison
The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of the illness during her teenage years and her determined journey through the realm of available treatments. Reprint. 125,000 first printing. NYT.
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Even Money
by Dick Francis
The New York Times –bestselling authors return with a heart-stopping new novel. O n the first day of Royal Ascot, the world’s most famous horse race, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favorites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker— taking over the family business from his grandfather— so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings, and he his losses.... (more)
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Manic: A Memoir
by Terri Cheney
"I didn't tell anyone that I was going to Santa Fe to kill myself." On the outside, Terri Cheney was a highly successful, attractive Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer. But behind her seemingly flawless façade lay a dangerous secret—for the better part of her life Cheney had been battling debilitating bipolar disorder and concealing a pharmacy's worth of prescriptions meant to stabilize her moods and make... (more)
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Puppy Chow is Better than Prozac
The True Story of a Man and the Dog Who Saved His Life
by Bruce Goldstein
Hilarious, harrowing, and heartwarming memoir of how one man overcame manic depression with the help of the unconditional love of a dog.
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Å Spise Blomster til Frokost
by Synne Sun Løes
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Flynn Laukonen: Book 1
A Note of Madness
by Tabitha Suzuma
Life as a student is good for Flynn. As one of the top pianists at the Royal College of Music, he has been put forward for an important concert, the opportunity of a lifetime. But beneath the surface, things are changing. On a good day he feels full of energy and life, but on a bad day being alive is worse than being dead. Sometimes he wants to compose and practice all night, at other times he can’t get out of... (more)
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The Marriage Plot
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Madeleine Hanna was the dutiful English major who didn't get the memo. While everyone else in the early 1980s was reading Derrida, she was happily absorbed with Jane Austen and George Eliot: purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels. Madeleine was the girl who dressed a little too nicely for the taste of her more Bohemian friends, the perfect girlfriend whose college love... (more)
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Cornelia Brown: Book 1
Love Walked in
by Marisa de los Santos
When Martin Grace enters the hip Philadelphia coffee shop Cornelia Brown manages, her life changes forever. But little does she know that her newfound love is only the harbinger of greater changes to come. Meanwhile, across town, Clare Hobbs—eleven years old and abandoned by her erratic mother—goes looking for her lost father. She crosses paths with Cornelia while meeting with him at the café, and the two... (more)